Disaster Planning and Risk Communication With Vulnerable Communities: Lessons From Hurricane Katrina
Author(s) -
David P. Eisenman,
Kristina M. Cordasco,
Steve Asch,
Joya F. Golden,
Deborah Glik
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.084335
Subject(s) - hurricane katrina , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , perception , grounded theory , environmental health , african american , injury prevention , qualitative research , natural disaster , psychology , geography , environmental planning , socioeconomics , medicine , sociology , meteorology , social science , ethnology , neuroscience
We studied the experience of Hurricane Katrina evacuees to better understand factors influencing evacuation decisions in impoverished, mainly minority communities that were most severely affected by the disaster.
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